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Refrigeration & Thermal Systems Pioneers

Gathers the historical-figure entities profiled for their work developing refrigeration and thermal management technology, including the engineers who invented mechanical refrigeration and the innovators who advanced heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that depend on energy to move heat from one place to another. Each entry covers a specific individual rather than a refrigeration technology or a company, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.

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1. Vapor-compression refrigeration - Wikipedia
WikipediaHistory, Jacob Perkins 1834 vapor-compression system
Quote, History, Jacob Perkins 1834 vapor-compression system
In 1834, an American expatriate to Great Britain, Jacob Perkins, built the first working vapor-compression refrigeration system in the world.
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